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List of Impacts

This is a list of every known impact with the Earth that has cause significant damage. Most of these have been identified from impact craters, however, some of the most recent and the smallest collisions have been witnessed by humans. The Tunguska and Brazil events were both air blasts and did not produce a crater on the Earth's surface. The radii given for these events correspond to the damage to forests.

Because even large impact craters are difficult to identify this list is unlikely to be complete. The crater information comes from the Canadian Geological Survey. Uncertainties in the age of craters arise due to errors in the dating techniques used and are shown as + or - the number of years.

 
Name Location Age Size
Amguid Algeria <100 kyr 450 m
Tin Bider Algeria <70.0 Myr 6.0 km
Ouarkziz Algeria <70.0 Myr 3.5 km
Talemzane Algeria <3.0 Myr 1.75 km
Rio Cuarto Argentina <100 kyr 4.5 km
Campo Del Cielo Argentina 4 +/- 0.004 kyr 50 m
Dalgaranga Western Australia, Australia 27 kyr 21 m
Strangways Northern Territory, Australia <470.0 Myr 25.0 km
Spider Western Australia, Australia >570.0 Myr 13.0 km
Goat Paddock Western Australia, Australia <50.0 Myr 5.1 km
Gosses Bluff Northern Territory, Australia 142.5 +/- 0.8 Myr 22.0 km
Henbury Northern Territory, Australia <5 kyr 157 m
Goyder Northern Territory, Australia >136.0 Myr 3.0 km
Kelly West Northern Territory, Australia >550.0 Myr 10.0 km
Piccaninny Western Australia, Australia <360.0 Myr 7.0 km
Lawn Hill Queensland, Australia >515.0 Myr 18.0 km
Liverpool Northern Territory, Australia 150.0 +/- 70 Myr 1.6 km
Acraman South Australia, Australia >450.0 Myr 90.0 km
Mount Toondina South Australia, Australia <110.0 Myr 4.0 km
Shoemaker Western Australia, Australia 1.63 +/- 5 Ga 30.0 km
Wolfe Creek Western Australia, Australia <300 kyr 875 m
Connolly Basin Western Australia, Australia <60.0 Myr 9.0 km
Tookoonooka Queensland, Australia 128.0 +/- 5 Myr 55.0 km
Boxhole Northern Territory, Australia 30 +/- 0.0005 kyr 170 m
Veevers Western Australia, Australia <1.0 Myr 80 m
Logoisk Belarus 40.0 +/- 5 Myr 17.0 km
Brazil* Brazil 1930 AD 20.0 km
Araguainha Dome Brazil 247.0 +/- 5.5 Myr 40.0 km
Riachao Ring Brazil <200.0 Myr 4.5 km
Serra da Cangalha Brazil <300.0 Myr 12.0 km
Vargeao Dome Brazil <70.0 Myr 12.0 km
Maple Creek Saskatchewan, Canada 75.0 +/- 75 Myr 6.0 km
Gow Saskatchewan, Canada <250.0 Myr 5.0 km
Montagnais Nova Scotia, Canada 50.5 +/- 0.76 Myr 45.0 km
Ile Rouleau Quebec, Canada <300.0 Myr 4.0 km
Presqu'&icrc;le Quebec, Canada <500.0 Myr 24.0 km
Haughton Northwest Territories, Canada 23.0 +/- 1 Myr 24.0 km
La Moinerie Quebec, Canada 400.0 +/- 50 Myr 8.0 km
Pilot Northwest Territories, Canada 445.0 +/- 2 Myr 6.0 km
Wanapitei Ontario, Canada 35.3 +/- 2 Myr 7.5 km
West Hawk Manitoba, Canada 100.0 +/- 50 Myr 2.44 km
Nicholson Northwest Territories, Canada <400.0 Myr 12.5 km
Manicouagan Quebec, Canada 214.0 +/- 1 Myr 100.0 km
Elbow Saskatchewan, Canada 395.0 +/- 25 Myr 8.0 km
Clearwater West Quebec, Canada 290.0 +/- 20 Myr 36.0 km
Couture Quebec, Canada 430.0 +/- 25 Myr 8.0 km
Sudbury Ontario, Canada 1.85 +/- 3 Ga 250.0 km
Deep Bay Saskatchewan, Canada 100.0 +/- 50 Myr 13.0 km
Clearwater East Quebec, Canada 290.0 +/- 20 Myr 26.0 km
Eagle Butte Alberta, Canada <65.0 Myr 10.0 km
Holleford Ontario, Canada 550.0 +/- 100 Myr 2.35 km
Charlevoix Quebec, Canada 357.0 +/- 15 Myr 54.0 km
New Quebec Quebec, Canada 1.4 +/- 0.1 Myr 3.44 km
Slate Islands Ontario, Canada ~450.0 Myr 30.0 km
Carswell Saskatchewan, Canada 115.0 +/- 10 Myr 39.0 km
Mistastin Newfoundland, Canada 36.4 +/- 4 Myr 28.0 km
Saint Martin Manitoba, Canada 220.0 +/- 32 Myr 40.0 km
Viewfield Saskatchewan, Canada 190.0 +/- 20 Myr 2.5 km
Brent Ontario, Canada 450.0 +/- 30 Myr 3.8 km
Steen River Alberta, Canada 95.0 +/- 7 Myr 25.0 km
Aorounga Chad <345.0 Myr 12.6 km
Gweni-Fada Chad <345.0 Myr 14.0 km
Monturaqui Chile <1.0 Myr 460 m
Kaalijärvi Estonia 4 +/- 0.001 kyr 110 m
Kärdla Estonia 455.0 Myr 4.0 km
Ilumetsa Estonia >2 kyr 80 m
Lappajärvi Finland 77.3 +/- 0.4 Myr 23.0 km
Lumparn Finland ~1 Ga 9.0 km
Karikkoselkä Finland <1.88 Myr 1.5 km
Iso-Naakkima Finland >1 Ga 3.0 km
Söderfjärden Finland ~600.0 Myr 5.5 km
Sääksjärvi Finland ~560.0 Myr 6.0 km
Suvasvesi N Finland <1 Ga 4.0 km
Rochechouart France 214.0 +/- 8 Myr 23.0 km
Steinheim Germany 15.0 +/- 1 Myr 3.8 km
Ries Germany 15.0 +/- 1 Myr 24.0 km
Bosumtwi Ghana 1.03 +/- 0.02 Myr 10.5 km
Lonar India 52 +/- 0.006 kyr 1.83 km
Bigach Kazakhstan 6.0 +/- 3 Myr 7.0 km
Shunak Kazakhstan 12.0 +/- 5 Myr 3.1 km
Zhamanshin Kazakhstan 900 +/- 0.1 kyr 13.5 km
Chiyli Kazakhstan 46.0 +/- 7 Myr 5.5 km
Dobele Latvia 300.0 +/- 35 Myr 4.5 km
B.P. Structure Libya <120.0 Myr 3.2 km
Oasis Libya <120.0 Myr 18.0 km
Vepriai Lithuania 160.0 +/- 30 Myr 8.0 km
Mizarai Lithuania 570.0 +/- 50 Myr 5.0 km
Aouelloul Mauritania 3.1 +/- 0.3 Myr 390 m
Tenoumer Mauritania 2.5 +/- 0.5 Myr 1.9 km
Chicxulub Yucatan, Mexico 64.98 +/- 0.05 Myr 170.0 km
Tabun-Khara-Obo Mongolia >1.8 Myr 1.3 km
Roter Kamm Namibia 3.7 +/- 0.3 Myr 2.5 km
Gardnos Norway 500.0 +/- 10 Myr 5.0 km
Mjølnir Norway 143.0 +/- 20 Myr 40.0 km
Morasko Poland 10 kyr 100 m
Sobolev Russia <1 kyr 53 m
Chukcha Russia <70.0 Myr 6.0 km
Tunguska* Siberia, Russia 1908 AD 25.0 km
Gusev Russia 49.0 +/- 0.2 Myr 3.5 km
Suavjarvi Russia 2.4 Ga 16.0 km
Kaluga Russia 380.0 +/- 10 Myr 15.0 km
El'gygytgyn Russia 3.5 +/- 0.5 Myr 18.0 km
Kursk Russia 250.0 +/- 80 Myr 5.5 km
Mishina Gora Russia <360.0 Myr 4.0 km
Beyenchime-Salaatin Russia <65.0 Myr 8.0 km
Macha Russia <7 kyr 300 m
Logancha Russia 25.0 +/- 20 Myr 20.0 km
Popigai Russia 35.0 +/- 5 Myr 100.0 km
Jänisjärvi Russia 698.0 +/- 22 Myr 14.0 km
Karla Russia <10.0 Myr 12.0 km
Puchezh-Katunki Russia 175.0 +/- 3 Myr 80.0 km
Ust-Kara Russia 73.0 +/- 3 Myr 25.0 km
Kara Russia 73.0 +/- 3 Myr 65.0 km
Kamensk Russia 49.0 +/- 0.2 Myr 25.0 km
Sikhote Alin Russia 1947 AD 27 m
Ragozinka Russia 55.0 +/- 5 Myr 9.0 km
Wabar Saudi Arabia 6 +/- 0.002 kyr 116 m
Pretoria Saltpan South Africa 220 +/- 0.052 kyr 1.13 km
Kalkkop South Africa <1.8 Myr 640 m
Morokweng South Africa 145.0 +/- 0.8 Myr 70.0 km
Vredefort South Africa 2.023 +/- 4 Ga 300.0 km
Azuara Spain ~40.0 Myr 30.0 km
Dellen Sweden 89.0 +/- 2.7 Myr 19.0 km
Tvären Sweden >455.0 Myr 2.0 km
Granby Sweden 470.0 Myr 3.0 km
Mien Sweden 121.0 +/- 2.3 Myr 9.0 km
Siljan Sweden 368.0 +/- 1.1 Myr 52.0 km
Lockne Sweden >455.0 Myr 7.5 km
Kara-Kul Tajikistan <5.0 Myr 52.0 km
Odessa Texas, U.S.A. <50 kyr 168 m
Glover Bluff Wisconsin, U.S.A. <500.0 Myr 8.0 km
Newporte North Dakota, U.S.A. <500.0 Myr 3.2 km
Manson Iowa, U.S.A. 73.8 +/- 0.3 Myr 35.0 km
Beaverhead Montana, U.S.A. ~600.0 Myr 60.0 km
Marquez Texas, U.S.A. 58.0 +/- 2 Myr 13.0 km
Kentland Indiana, U.S.A. <97.0 Myr 13.0 km
Middlesboro Kentucky, U.S.A. <300.0 Myr 6.0 km
Avak Alaska, U.S.A. >95.0 Myr 12.0 km
Wells Creek Tennessee, U.S.A. 200.0 +/- 100 Myr 12.0 km
Ames Oklahoma, U.S.A. 470.0 +/- 30 Myr 16.0 km
Barringer Arizona, U.S.A. 49 +/- 0.003 kyr 1.186 km
Haviland Kansas, U.S.A. <1 kyr 15 m
Flynn Creek Tennessee, U.S.A. 360.0 +/- 20 Myr 3.55 km
Glasford Illinois, U.S.A. <430.0 Myr 4.0 km
Decaturville Missouri, U.S.A. <300.0 Myr 6.0 km
Crooked Creek Missouri, U.S.A. 320.0 +/- 80 Myr 7.0 km
Sierra Madera Texas, U.S.A. <100.0 Myr 13.0 km
Serpent Mound Ohio, U.S.A. <320.0 Myr 8.0 km
Des Plaines Illinois, U.S.A. <280.0 Myr 8.0 km
Chesapeake Bay Virginia, U.S.A. 35.5 +/- 0.6 Myr 85.0 km
Red Wing North Dakota, U.S.A. 200.0 +/- 25 Myr 9.0 km
Upheaval Dome Utah, U.S.A. <65.0 Myr 10.0 km
Rotmistrovka Ukraine 140.0 +/- 20 Myr 2.7 km
Ilyinets Ukraine 395.0 +/- 5 Myr 4.5 km
Boltysh Ukraine 88.0 +/- 3 Myr 24.0 km
Obolon' Ukraine 215.0 +/- 25 Myr 15.0 km
Zapadnaya Ukraine 115.0 +/- 10 Myr 4.0 km
Zeleny Gai Ukraine 120.0 +/- 20 Myr 2.5 km
Ternovka Ukraine 350.0 Myr 15.0 km
Calvin Michigan, USA 450.0 +/- 10 Myr 8.5 km
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